Division III Classification

The carcasses shall be classified by successive assessment of:

1. 1..

   Conformation, defined as follows:

   Development of carcass profiles, in particular the essential parts (round, back, shoulder)

   Conformation class	Description
   S Superior	All profiles extremely convex; exceptional muscle development (double muscled carcass type)
   E Excellent	All profiles convex to super-convex; exceptional muscle development
   U Very good	Profiles on the whole convex, very good muscle development
   R Good	Profiles on the whole straight; good muscle development
   O Fair	Profiles straight to concave; average muscle development
   P Poor	All profiles concave to very concave; poor muscle development

2. 2..

   Fat cover, defined as follows:

   • Amount of fat on the outside of the carcass and in the thoracic cavity

     Class of fat cover	Description
     1 low	None up to low fat cover
     2 slight	Slight fat cover, flesh visible almost everywhere
     3 average	Flesh with the exception of the round and shoulder, almost everywhere covered with fat, slight deposits of fat in the thoracic cavity
     4 high	Flesh covered with fat, but on the round and shoulder still partly visible, some distinctive fat deposits in the thoracic cavity
     5 very high	Entire carcass covered with fat; heavy deposits in the thoracic cavity

F1The appropriate authority may subdivide each of the classes provided for in points 1 and 2 into a maximum of three subclasses.